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About The Weston leader. (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1917)
EADE WliSTON.' ORECON. FMDAY. FEHHUAHY 1C. 11)17 NUMBER SS VOLUME 39 ESTON R Drvinu nc vmov nc iiuiLif ur iiuniv ur OREGON LEGISLATURE House Pistes Measure Pro . vldlng for Military Training In High Schools. New Bead and Irrigation Cedee Mar. riB Law rltptaltd Two Chjarttte lllli Pees House tenate Panel Rural Crfdtla Mseeure Canntrlet Art Pavered Oram Bureau Previa, d forAll May Vaa at lhool (tactions. Salem. The elate legleleture began Ida final week nf Ilia prmeut eeeehm alth muin Important rxmd l(a) latlon allll to receive attention al lha hands of one or both housee. Mow. rrr, both houses adjourned over Hutf day Uh lha dehe practically fleer. au If eyetemelle, huelneea Hint methods prevail ami ! flow of oratory la abut off I his week, all lha really Important matters will receive Mti-nilon. Both nouses mill adjourn alna die Haiurday alahl, February IT. lha 40ih day of the 4fcday e-eln provided by lha lata constitution. rvrhapa lha moat Important pleca Of legislation acted upon thla wak waa lha paasese by lha houaa of a bill providing for military training In lha nigh achoola of tha ataia. It passed tha houaa with St vote In Ita favor. Tha military course la not lo ba compulsory, however, on tha part of either achoola or of students. H la to be tha subject, though, of aullabla credit on tha eame baala aa other atudlea and In an amount to bo deter mined by tha board of education. Tha governor la nad head of tba military training department All achoola that aetabllah It muat apply to Mm for authority. No company of radata can be organised with fewer than SO nembara or without a suit- abla Instructor. Al leaat three boura a waek ara lo be aat aalda for lha work, Tha alata la authorised, too. to fur nish lha several companlea with rlflea and other equipment. Peseta Road and Irrigation Cadet. Two of the moat Important nieae area before the legislature, a complete road code and a complete Irritation code, were paaaed by the houae with almost unanlmoua voire. . The road code la tha product of the Joint houae and aenate committee on roads and repreacnte lha lewe of various good road, organisation! lo the alata. The Irrigation code repreaente t!ie view of e Irrigation congress which met In Portland Juat prevloua to the aeaalon. Couplea who can not paaa the Ore gon health teala probably will no long er have to go lo other atatea to obtain marriage licensee as the aenate paaaed g bill repealing the atate law which requtrea a health certificate from ev ery applicant for a license. The tneae ure now goea to the house, where It la aald to be aaaured of passage. The houaa paaaed bill to prohibit picketing during atrlkea. The meaa ure waa Introduced by Mepreaentatlve K. K. Kubll of Portland. Antl-Clgarette Bllla Recalled. Tha Sweeney bone-dry anti-cigar ette bill which paaaed the houae waa ret ailed and the meaaure waa laid on the table. The bill will be brought up aarly thla week for amendment The Stott bill which prohlblta the aale to youtha under 21 yeara. alao waa re called and tabled. It la proposed now to amend the Sweeney bill ao aa to make It bone dry agalnal boya under 21. but not to prohibit aalca to adulte. Compromlaa Wlna In Rural Credlta. Senate bill 128. the atate land board rural credits meaaure, amended ao aa to Include eome of the provlalona of the bllla drawn by Sonatora Shnuke and Barrett paaaed the acnate by un anlmoua voto. In Ita present form the meaaure leaves IW.000.000 In the rural credlta funds In the handa of the atato land board. It hua been amended ao that the atate can bid on bonda at more than par If deemed necessary, and the aectlon that would have barred adju dicated wator rlghta In eaatern and aouthcrn Oregon from beneflta of the rural- credlta funda haa been changed. Cannarlaa Exempt From 10-Hour Law. The aenate paaaed aenate bill 164, by Ia Follrtt, exempting women em ployed In fruit and vegetable can- pence anil vbi"o uwmvm rulings or Jurisdiction of the Indue trial welfare coiumlaalon. Before It waa paaaed an amendment - U clftrai by BWt CwlJBl. W) adopted, whlrh pruvldea mat enilord In such ramM-rlre and pack ing uouoee ahall be paid lime and a half for all overtime In Mt"i of II boura day. . Haaalora behind the measure con tend that It waa a alep toward ei-cur Ing caanerlea In Oregon aa the IU hour act waa a aerloua handicap to fruit groaera. hop growera and can narlaa to only be altnwed to employ woman 10 boura earh day, during the rnah dare of ban est lime. The alala aenate paad. with but eoe oppoalng vote, Hrnaior Plarce'a bill providing for the ratabllahment of grain Inspection bureau In Portland. The bill cirrlea an appropriation of 17(00. After the bureau la established It la expected to he aell aupportlng from feea. It la ejpected lhal the bill a III be aa favorably received In the house, aud when It la paaaed and becomea a law for the first lime Oregon will have taken action to provide for standard isation of hay and grain In thla atate, and lu thla respect plare Oregon porta on an equal baala with Panel aoutid porta In bidding for the grain trade. Cempeneallon Act la Strengthened. Several Important amendments ware added lo the workmen a compen aatlon art In the labor rommlttec'a Mil that paaaed the houae. One give the employer the right to accure pro tection by paying a pn-niVm both upon hla own wagea and the work men's contribution, tbua giving stock holders in email companlea the right to protection. Another makoa It a mlademeanor to uae coercion In an attempt to have workmen reject the act Penallalng of employera who fall to pay their premlumi la alao provid ed. The new bill waa drawn by the attorney general. tcheel Rill Paaaed. One of Ihe Important bllla paaaed by Ihe aenate waa Kepreaentallve Sbeldou'a meaaure removing property qnalirieatlona aa a requirement for voting for achool directum. It paaaed with 10 dlaaenting votea after eonalderable dlacuaalon. The bill had previously paaaed the houae. All reglatered votera will have the light to participate at achool elvctlont under provlalona of , Kepreaentatlve Wllletfe bill, paaaed by the houae. Vnder the preaant law a voter muat own property. The houae waa almost unanlmoua In Ita demand for a change. Thla bill goea a atep farther than Repreaentatlvo Sheldon'a bill, which paaaed the houae and the aenate. The Sheldon bill farmlta alt cltlicna to vote for achool dlreclora but not on achool bond laauea. The Willed bill pvrmlta them to vote on bond dec Hone aa well. Repeal of Health Certificate Paeeee. Senator Cualck'a aenate bill repeal ing the law requiring health certtrt catra before marriage llccneea are leaned, paaaed the aenate by a voto ot II to 11. Senator CtiaU-k contended that people who could not paaa the phyalcal examlnatlona went over to Waahlngton or other atatea Id marry and the effectlveneaa of the bill waa thereby loat. Anti-Snuff Bill Paeaee. After paaalng two antl-ctgaretto bllla and an anil picketing bill the houao paaaed tho antl snuff bill. But thla action on the part ot tho featlve houae la not to be taken too aerloualy. The bill flrat waa Intro duced aa a Joke on Representative Forbea, whoso name It bears. The boya called It up and after a series of extremely laughable speeches by Hep reaentativee Puller and !lltner It waa paaaed with a whoop and aeut over to tho aenate. Leglelatlve Breyltlee. Senator llaon'a boom bill passed the houae with only one negative voto. The bouao paaaed Corbett'a bill rais ing the aalary of the atato superinten dent of banks from 13000 to 14000 a year. The bouao paaaed Sheldon'a bill, to -enable alierlffa In counties along Cali fornia border to ecarcb and aelxe auto mobllea suspected of carrying liquor unlawfully. Itepreaenlatlvo Ooode'a bill chang ing the law relating to the taxation of church property not actually used for church purpoeoa paaaed the houae without ar negative voto. There will be no "blue Sundays" la Oregon, a bill aimed to cloae theatera, baseball parka and other placea of bualnesa and amusement having been defeated by the unanlmoua vote ot the houae of representatives. The houae paaaed the bill backed by the State Editorial association design ating what ia a legal newepaper. It provldca that a paper, to share In tho patronage of legal advertlsiuK, muat be at least one year old and have IS THERE" a; M.Jt, a.-t ' .v.-- f . r ,vi- ' ,'lfi 'a - eMM IvO coploe an Issue. The aenate panned the house IW.ue river Itali bill by a vote of 24 to 8. The upper river fishing Interesta won decisive victory over thoao who aought to protect the Intereata of the Macleay cannery on the lower river. The bill closee the stream to the use of aelnee aud act ncta, Browncll's bill providing that ll ahall be unlawful to write, print, pub lish or circulate any rccominondstlou or Indorsement for any candidate for public office without the written per mlsalon ot the candidate or cause' auch Indorsement to tw written or printed, waa paaaed by the houc, , Largely on the atrengib of tho In duHement of the Oregon fongresa of Mother, the een'ute passed 8.ibstltuto S. B. 101, which rcpeala the present mothers' pension law nt;d aubetltutca therefor an act which flarea the Riv ing of asalatanrn to dtp mlent utwtli era In the discretion ot the county courts. AMBASSADOR FLETCHER Henry P. Fletcher, recently appoint ed American ambassador to Mexico, who leave thla week to take up hie dutlea. PORTLAND MAN ON TORPEDOED VESSEL , London. -The only American on tho torpedoed etcauicr Mantoia wna Dr. Earlo M. Rice, of Portland. Of., the ahtp'a aurgeon. who waa among tho aurvlvora arriving here. He pave tho following account of the sinking: "Tho flrat we know was tho sound ot a violent explosion which shook the ship from end to end at 1:40 p. m. "Seven lascara were killed by tho explosion. Tho remainder ot those on board were unhurt. Kverybody got eafely Into tho boats with the excep tion of the captain, tuo chief engineer and tlte wireless operator, who were to follow ua later. "An hour and a half after the tor pedoing the captain, the oiiRineer and the Irolena -anan got the wireless working gnd tjegun aendlng out S. O. 'NY H0PE7 :1 ? i -. : t.- ".- J V, f '. t ; ' 1 'i v V Donnstl In fit Leu Is Clobe-Oemecrat H. calls, giving details f the poKttion. "The reply came ilmBl lntantly, put frem an unexpected quarter. The aiiliniarlne. which evidently waa lying off In the hiiie two miles or so away, pliked up the wireless aud began shelling the Maiitola." THE SUBMARINE CRISIS IIo!l:tnd- lll not follow the ausKee lon of the I'nlted States and kevcr reialtona with Germany. 4 It la understood that Switzerland ft.a protctted acalnsf Gertnan'a ac '"aion," but will remain neutral. , Spain formnlly declined to accept I'resldetit WIlKon'a sugBection that sho break off diplomatic relatione with Germany. The Chine, government haa ad vlKial the German government that China will br-nk off relations If the new submarine meaures are pursued. More than 1100 vessel arrived at or sailed unharmed from Itritlah porta during the ftrt nine tlaya of Ger niuny'a unrest rlctid eubmariuo war fare. Tho tt)lnl number of vessels destroy ed in The period of submarine opera tions of February 1 to 9. Inclusive, la aald to be 89, of which 21 were neu tral vessels. Tho Swedish government rejects President Wilson's suggestion that other neutral countries join with the United States In aeverlng diplomatic relations with Germany., Bnull'8 reply to the German note, in term polite but firm, declared Bra zil's Intentions to hold Germany re sponsible for conacquencea which may result trout tho new submarine war fare. ' . Arrangements were made for the departure from Now York on Wednes day of Count von Bematorff and hla ataff on board the steamer Fretlcrlk VIII for ChrlatlanlB, Norway. Agenta of the Scandinavian-American line In Now York received permission of tho owucra lu Copenhagen to uo the ves sel to carry 'ho German ambassador across the Atlantic. Amorlcana Ordered Out ef Belgium. London. Tho American commis sion for relief in Belgium haa official ly notified the German authorities that tho Americana will withdraw from participation lu tho relief work In Belgium and northern Franco, This step wus twken in reply to an order from tho German anthoritica that Americana must withdraw from Ihe provinces of Belgium and north urn France, leaving only a few of their' representatives, headed, by Prniid Whitlock, American minister to Belgium, in Brussels. Utah DrBIII ia Signed. Salt Lake City. Utah, By a vote of S9 to 6 tho lower houao refused to make any changes whatever In tho provisions or language of the original of tho Voting dry bill and returned It to tha governor. The governor alsuod the measure immediately. The Best Tr.-.pa. The tinipixT '!io luia to buy traps, halts, nml other trapping supplies should bo sure to Ret the best Unit ran be hurt, for while the first cost may seem higher, tho best goods ore nuA the cheuyvt la tb end. Amarlean tailor Held Prleonere. Ilirlln, by wlreU-aa lo Sayvllle. Foreign Secretary Zlmmermana haa Informed the Associated I'rese that he bed requested the 8 wis govern ment to make Inquiry In Waahlngton warding ttie status of the crewa of Interned German ships In American porta. Pending an answor Ihe 72 Ameri cana taken by the German raider and brought In by the Varrowdsle, whose release haibccn agreed to, are being held In Germany, the foreign secre tary slated. Want Cun to Arm American Shlpe. Waahlngton. P. A. S. Franklin, president of the International Mercan tile Marine, has made formal applica tion to the navy department for guna to arm the passeuger liners of the American Hue. The request atatea that the com pany haa been enable to find guna eke here. British Cruisers Will Convey Shlpe. Wanhlngton. Heporla that Great Britain la arranging to convoy great fleets ot merchantmen through the war xooe nave gained credence here. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Club 11.50; blues tem $1.C5; red Kusaian, 11.48; forty-fold, $1.52. Barley No. 1 feed. $39 per ton. Hay Timothy, $20 per ton; alfalfa, 1- But ler Creamery, 37c, Kgga Kanch, 50c Wool Eaatern Oregon, 36c; valley. 41c. Hops 19 1 crop, 6 Sic. Seattle. Wheat Blueatcm $1.55; club $U2; fort i -fold, $1.62; red Russian, $140; fife, $1.62; turkey red, $1.55. Barleys $39.50 per ton. Butter Creamery, 42c, Kpas -34c.. , Oregon and Waahlngton Men Return. Caiexlco, Cat The Oregon and Waahlngton troops left here for Van couver barracks, where they abould arrive Wedueaday. Nevadan la Named Director of Mint. Washington. President Wilaon haa sent to the seuate the nomination of Ray Baker ot Nevada to be director of tho mint COUNTESS BERNST0RFF .... .4 t. : V ;vVsff?!-,'- -A-w by CIlnadlnsL ' Countess von Bematorff, wife of the former German at bassador to the United States, ia an American woman. HOTEL FIRE IS FATAL Thirteen Thought Dead, and Many Missing and May Be in Rulna. Minneapolis. At least 13, persona aro missing and are believed to have lost their lives in tho fire which de stroyed the Kenwood hotel. Twelfth street ami Hennepin avenue, accord ing to police estimates. , In addition to the known missing, there are 11 others unaccounted for who may be in tha ruins, according to K. D. Stalker, proprietor ot the hotel. One person is known to be dead. Mrs. Lucille Squire suffered a fractured skull when , she leaped from a third atory window. She died shortly after wards at the city hospital. Officials believe that many persona were precipitated luto the basement by crumbling floors and were buried in the debris. Wilson is saiil to consider war with Germany inevitable. - GENERAL BUSINESS OCCUPeCOi'iGRESS Work on Preparedness Meas ures is Progressing Rapidly. Waahlngton The diplomatic breath with Germany having Bn Indorsed by the aenate by an overwhelming rote laat week, congreae la devoting iteelf to overtime conaldcratloa ef general business, together with emer gency meaaurea aecesaltated by the attained Internatiooal altoatioo. Lead era of both parties are doing all pos sible, to auppreaa talk that might em barrasa the government aa well aa Interfere with business. Work on preparedneaa bllla la pro gressing steadily. The houae will paaa the naval appropriation bill thla week, together with amendments urg ed by . Secretary Danlela providing authority tof commandeer ahlpyarda , and munltlona planta and appropriat ing $1,000,000 for the purchase of basic patents ot aircraft. When thla la done the army appropriation bill, carrying about $300,000,000. will be put through as quickly aa poaalble. Bill Would Make Every Man Soldier. A universal training bill waa fav orably reported lo the aenate by the military affaire committee. Chairman Chamberlain eubmltte the bill without comment, aaklng that it go to the calendar. Senators Thom as, democrat, and Brady, republican, members of the committee, reserved the right to aubmit minority reporta. Primarily the bill provide that all men, cltiaena or thoae who have de clared their Intention to becon-e cltl tens, shall undergo alx moutha mili tary or naval training in the year In which tbey reach the age of 19 or in the year when they flrat become liable to auch service ep to the age of 26. All men receiving such train ing would be held In army or navy reserve until they reach the age of 28. BRITISH FORM LANE OF SAFETYFOR SHIPS New York. A funnel-shaped ae lane ot armed patrol ahipa which es tendsJOO miles from the British Islea westward haa been established by the British admiralty, according to passen gers arriving here on the enard line ateamshtp Andania from Liverpool. Light cruiser, patrol boats and armed trawlers literally lined the course to ken by the Andania from Fastnet un til she was safely out of the war aone, it waa aald. The patrol boats were at timea so close to the Andk-iia that her passen gers aald they appeared to be separ ated by less than half a mile of aea. At the western sea end of the lane ot safety, however, the passengers aald they learned from the officers of the Andania the guarding craft were spread out in auch a manner aa to ,be invisible from the bridge of the 'Andania. LOYALTY IS PLEDGED German-American Alliance , to Fight for United Statea. Philadelphia The resolution? in dorsing the action of President Wilson iu severing diplomatic relatione with Germany and pledging ita loyalty to the United Statea were adopted by the German-American National Alli ance at a meeting here. It waa also decided. In case of hos tilities, to form regiments of German Americana and turn over to the Amer ican Red Crosa funds which the alli ance haa been collecting for German war relief. The meeting waa attended by delegates from 88 atatea. The alli ance Is said to have a membership ot 3,000,000. PEACE APPEAL TO CUBANS Lanaing Urgca Them Not to Force Revolution Over Election. Washington. An appeal to the Co bans not to plunge their country into another revolution ha8 been aent to Havana by Secretary Lansing. Arous ed to the realisation that the contest ed presidential election in Cuba haa already reached the incipient atage of rebellion, the atate department de cided to Issue to the people an urgent Injunction to await the outcome of the voting and to abide by the decle iona of their courts. Tho communication waa aent to the American minister with instructions ft) fcafa ft DuDUallSd.
